Patents by Inventor Dale Edward Burton

Dale Edward Burton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8446883
    Abstract: A method and system for the networking of radio transceivers is disclosed. The system includes a source transceiver with a source address, and a destination transceiver with a destination address. A router gateway includes a first interface in communication with the source transceiver and a second interface in communication with the destination transceiver, and interconnections between the two are defined in a routing table. A network signaling system independent of the respective radio transmission and receipt systems enables communication between the source transceiver and the destination transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Curtin, Dale Edward Burton
  • Publication number: 20110064022
    Abstract: A method and system for the networking of radio transceivers is disclosed. The system includes a source transceiver with a source address, and a destination transceiver with a destination address. A router gateway includes a first interface in communication with the source transceiver and a second interface in communication with the destination transceiver, and interconnections between the two are defined in a routing table. A network signaling system independent of the respective radio transmission and receipt systems enables communication between the source transceiver and the destination transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Curtin, Dale Edward Burton
  • Patent number: 7221308
    Abstract: A system comprises a radar for producing a radar interrogation signal, a transponder for receiving the radar interrogation signal and producing a transponder signal including a first linear frequency modulated pulse having an increasing frequency and a second linear frequency modulated pulse having a decreasing frequency, and a processor for processing the transponder signal to determine a frequency offset between the radar interrogation signal and the transponder signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Dale Edward Burton, Michael Bartlett Addison, Christopher Sean Duffey, Paul Arthur Henkel
  • Patent number: 6081222
    Abstract: A radar transponder and transponder system is provided for providing transponder communications signals embedded within radar interrogation and reply signals. The radar interrogation signals include transponder interrogation signals embedded within the bandwidth thereof. The transponders include a receiver for extracting the transponder interrogation signal and an offset frequency generator for up-converting or down-converting the transponder interrogation signal while remaining within the bandwidth of the radar signal. The transponders may be selectively enabled in response to interrogation signals having particular frequencies and/or in accordance with preset date or time schedules. The transponder outputs may be phase coherent with the interrogation signals and generated less than 10 nsec after receipt of the transponder interrogation signal. As such, the transponder reply signals are difficult to distinguish from the radar interrogation/reply signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Arthur Henkel, Dale Edward Burton